Cressent is known to have made a group of commodes of this kind over the years, all with a serpentine facade, shaped doors in the sides, rounded forecorners, and extraordinary sculptural mounts. This commode can be dated to 1745–49 because of a tax stamp for that period found on the gilt-bronze mounts that were, against guild regulations, cast, chased and gilded in Cressent's own workshop.